Permeability effects in a Vapour Extraction (VAPEX) heavy oil recovery process

Canadian International Petroleum Conference 2007, CIPC 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Moghadam, S ^a   Nobakht, M ^a   Gu, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENES; CRUDE OIL; DEPOSITION; EXTRACTION; GASOLINE; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLVENTS; VISCOSITY; WELL STIMULATION;

ASPHALTENE DEPOSITION; ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION; HEAVY OIL RECOVERY PROCESS; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; MATERIAL BALANCE EQUATION; OIL-PRODUCTION RATES; REDUCED PERMEABILITIES; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 85014032946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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